Domination of the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 122 Moving the Capital to Chang'an 2
After discussing with Zhao Yun and others, Gongsun Xu decided to cooperate with Dong Zhuo and not harass him for the time being. However, Gongsun Xu vaguely remembered that Dong Zhuo seemed to burn Luoyang with a torch.For this situation, Gongsun Xu will not allow it.However, Gongsun Xu has no way to stop it.

In any case, Luoyang is the cultural and political center of the world today. Gongsun Xu really does not want to see this city destroyed. How many civilizations in China have been destroyed in the flames of war.

If Gongsun Xu made a move now, Dong Zhuo would definitely change his plan. In that case, the overall situation would be messed up, and it would be difficult for Gongsun Xu to control the development of the situation from the overall situation.But if you don't stop it, Gongsun Xu will feel very uncomfortable. In any case, the city of Luoyang must not be destroyed.

After much deliberation, Gongsun Xu decided to discuss with Jia Xu. When Gongsun Xu raised his concerns, Jia Xu just said lightly: "Luoyang is Luoyang, and Youzhou is Youzhou. Although my lord has a heart of compassion, you are capable Limited, if you save Luoyang, will Dong Zhuo retreat?"

In the end, Jia Xu saw that Gongsun Xu was still unwilling to give up, so he could only sigh and said, "My lord, lord, so what if you take Luoyang? Do you really think that if you take it, it's your failure? The time is not yet ripe." , our foundation is in Youzhou, what we need to do now is to manage Bingzhou well.

Luoyang must be the place of the Four Wars, Dong Zhuo, Yuan Shao, Cao Cao, who would not want to gain a foothold in Luoyang.But is Luoyang the capital? Not everyone can occupy it. Without enough prestige and influence, if the time is not ripe, even occupying Luoyang will only bring unnecessary troubles to oneself, and may even become the public enemy of the world.

You think that Dong Zhuo is willing to give up Luoyang, but if it weren't for the Kwantung Allied Forces pressing hard, if it wasn't for Dong Zhuo's strategy of defeating each one, how could he have the idea of ​​moving the capital.Luoyang is a hot commodity. Dong Zhuo can't eat it, but he is unwilling to spit it out, so he will definitely find a way to destroy Luoyang.

My lord, the world will eventually be ours, but this Luoyang is indeed something we cannot possess right now.If the lord rescues in time at that time, maybe this ancient capital can be preserved. If not, the lord need not be sad, as long as we can win the world, Luoyang will still appear in the eyes of the world. "

Hearing Jia Xu's words, Gongsun Xu suddenly felt a sense of enlightenment. He now understood Jia Xu's overall view and ability to control the overall situation. However, for Jia Xu's heart, Gongsun Xu also had to He sighed and said, "Sure enough, you are indeed a poisoner, and Luoyang, the capital, is just a pawn in your eyes. It seems that I have to learn from you."

Regarding Gongsun Xu's evaluation, Jia Xu did not express too much.He has his own way of dealing with people, and Jia Xu never cares about other people's opinions.

Two days later, in Yuan Shao's big tent in the allied camp, Cao Cao again begged Yuan Shao to send troops to attack Dong Zhuo in front of everyone, but, disappointingly, Yuan Shao still refused.In the last battle, Cao Cao was the commander of the entire battle, and he almost stole the limelight. Fortunately, Yuan Shao was always the leader of the alliance, so he was not overshadowed by Cao Cao.

However, even so, Yuan Shao began to crowd out Cao Cao.At the beginning, Gongsun Xu was too popular to overshadow Yuan Shao, so Yuan Shao chose to stand against Gongsun Xu and others. Now, Cao Cao appeared accidentally, and Yuan Shao could not accept it.

Cao Cao knew Yuan Shao since he was a child, so how could he not know what Yuan Shao was thinking.However, Cao Cao thought that Yuan Shao would focus on the overall situation, at least to defeat Dong Zhuo and recover Luoyang before delaying sending troops. Unfortunately, to Cao Cao's disappointment, Yuan Shao had given up the idea of ​​attacking Dong Zhuo.

Cao Cao looked at the people in the tent and couldn't help saying angrily: "At first, why did you and I raise our troops? At the beginning, I supported you as the leader because you promised me that I would attack Dong Zhuo with all my strength. Why did you give up now? Dong Zhuo Will fight back at any time, are you willing?"

Yuan Shao said nothing, just looked at Cao Cao coldly.Cao Cao's behavior today has already offended him, if it wasn't for his past love, Yuan Shao would definitely be angry.

Cao Cao knew that he was a bit too much today, and he didn't plan to stay here any longer.Cao Cao turned his back fiercely, ignoring Yuan Shao's cold gaze.

In another big camp, Gongsun Xu was gathering troops. After hearing the news, Gongsun Zan rushed over and asked, "Xu'er, what are you doing here?"

"Father, Yuan Shao is incompetent. It is impossible for him to attack Dong Zhuo. Why should we waste time here?" Gongsun Xu said eagerly.

Gongsun Zan nodded, and then said: "Although that is the case, Yuan Shao is the leader of the alliance after all, and this face must be given to him. Besides, our army is only more than [-] people, and it is impossible for us to send tens of thousands of Dong Zhuo casually." Copeable."

After hearing this, Gongsun Xu had to reply: "Father, don't be anxious. I will lead 5000 people to lead the battle. According to reliable news, Dong Zhuo has retreated. Now in Hulao Pass, there are no more than [-] troops defending. Lead the cavalry to pursue Dong Zhuo, and my father will lead the army to support me, so that even if I am ambushed, my father can send troops to rescue me in time."

"Forget it, if that's the case, then I won't stop you." Gongsun sighed, "But, is your news reliable?"

"Absolutely reliable." Gongsun Xu said hastily: "I have already sent out a secret agent to inquire about the news. Now, people in Luoyang are in panic. Dong Zhuo returned to Luoyang yesterday, and all the troops were withdrawn this morning. This is my secret agent. What you see. There will never be a fake."

"Well, you have to be careful." Gongsun Zan patted his son on the shoulder and said, "You bring two thousand white horses by your side. With them, your safety will increase a bit. If you can't do something, you should do it." Withdraw quickly, each person can carry three war horses, even if you retreat like this, they will not be able to catch up with you."

"Thank you father, that boy will go after Dong Zhuo." After finishing speaking, Gongsun Xu waved to the generals behind him, and then shouted: "Yun Chang, you command [-] cavalry to go backward, and Zilong and I will lead [-] cavalry to go first." One step." After speaking, Gongsun Xu rode his horse and led the people away.

Seeing his son leave, Gongsun Zan was also very anxious, but he didn't show it. Instead, he turned around and ordered to the soldiers around him: "Hurry up and send a message to the rear general Yuan Shu, governor of Xuzhou Tao Qian, governor of Beihai Kong Rong , just say that Dong Zhuo has already retreated, and my son is now leading his troops to pursue, please also quickly rectify their troops and horses, and send troops with me as soon as possible."

After finishing speaking, Gongsun Zan turned around and yelled at the others: "The whole army quickly pulls out the battalion and is ready to go at any time."

After the order after order was issued, Gongsun Zan also returned to the tent and put on his armor, looking as if he was going on an expedition.

On the other side, when Gongsun Xu led his troops to catch up to Hulao Pass, there was no one there. It was originally reported that there were 3000 soldiers stationed at Hulao Pass. However, when they learned that they had been abandoned by Dong Zhuo, this The [-] people had no intention of continuing to defend. They had long been confused and prepared to escape.

The arrival of Gongsun Xu was like a bolt from the blue for them. They recognized the banner of Hussar General Gongsun Xu. These 3000 people also switched and surrendered.

After Gongsun Xu left 500 people to take over Hulaoguan, he immediately led the rest of the troops to continue the pursuit.A quarter of an hour later, Guan Yu led [-] cavalry to arrive. Then, Guan Yu did not delay, but immediately led his troops to continue chasing Gongsun Xu.

Soon, an hour later, Gongsun Zan, together with Yuan Shu, Tao Qian, Kong Rong, and Cao Cao, who had always wanted to send troops, had a total of more than 9 troops directly stationed at Hulao Pass. Then, after some discussion, Kong Rong led his troops to stay and garrison At Hulao Pass, the rest of the people led the elite soldiers to chase Gongsun Xu on fast horses.

When Yuan Shao heard the news of Dong Zhuo's withdrawal, Gongsun Zan and the others had already sent troops for nearly an hour and a half.Only then did Yuan Shao realize that the credit for his success had been taken away by others.Seeing that the great achievement of conquering Hulao Pass fell into the hands of Gongsun Xu, how could Yuan Shao be reconciled.

When he learned that Luoyang might also be captured, Yuan Shao couldn't sit still anymore. He immediately sent Gao Lan led [-] cavalry to Luoyang, saying that he would take a share of the pie.

On the other side, as early as last night, Sun Jian's troops captured Sishui Pass by night. After learning that Dong Zhuo had retreated, Sun Jian left a group of people to garrison Sishui Pass and then led his army to Luoyang.

As for the direction of Luoyang, Dong Zhuo ordered the army to leave Luoyang immediately after rushing back. Since Dong Zhuo started to move the capital a month ago, all the work has come to an end now, and Dong Zhuo is just pretending.In fact, most of the property has already been on the road.

However, in order not to leave any benefit to the allied forces, Dong Zhuo ordered all the common people, aristocratic families and all wealthy households in Luoyang to be taken away, and anyone who resisted would be killed directly, and their property would be confiscated directly.

All of a sudden, the arrogant soldiers Dong Zhuo brought back from Hulao Pass were active in every corner of Luoyang, robbing, murdering, arson, rape and so on were constantly happening.Dong Zhuo didn't stop it. At this time, he wanted to destroy Luoyang to the maximum extent. Therefore, Dong Zhuo acquiesced to the behavior of the soldiers.

After leaving 1 people to deal with the aftermath, Dong Zhuo led the others on the road.

In order to prevent the allied forces from chasing, Dong Zhuo did not forget to leave behind Li Ru to arrange an ambush. At the same time, on the way to move the capital, the people who were moved out of Luoyang City were suffering inhuman torture. Due to the large number of people, it exceeded 100 million The people needed to move, and Dong Zhuo couldn't monitor everyone, so many people fled along the road.

Dong Zhuo didn't have the slightest sympathy. Anyone who was caught was killed on the spot.Dong Zhuo didn't pay too much attention to these common people, he quickly led his [-] Xuanjia soldiers to the front of the migrating troops. At this time, he didn't want to encounter any danger.

As for Lu Bu, Guo Si and other generals, they were all left behind by Dong Zhuo to deal with the aftermath.Especially Lu Bu, who was directly responsible for the escort of a batch of property and food.Lu Bu didn't dare to be careless, and cheered up to do his job well.

(End of this chapter)